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Kelvin and the Infamous Machine cover art

Kelvin and the Infamous Machine

Blyts · 2016-07-21

Steam

AdventureIndie

Modes: Single player

Releases: Dec 30, 2016 (Android), Jul 21, 2016 (Linux), Jul 21, 2016 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Jul 21, 2016 (Mac)

Kelvin and the Infamous Machine is a hilarious point-and-click adventure in which you stumble irresponsibly through history to help legendary geniuses complete their masterworks!

1
playing now
91%
positive of 990 reviews
Very Positive
steam rating
20,000–50,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
85/100
critic score (2 outlets, IGDB)
78/100
IGDB user rating (11 ratings)
3h
time to beat (IGDB)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$9.99
steam price (US)

1 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 11:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Insufficient data
  • · Not enough review history collected yet to judge health.
  • · Top 30% of 11,332 Adventure games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 25k–59k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 990 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $0.99 at Steam (2022-06-06) · bundled 3×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $9.99 · on sale 13 of 29 observed days (census price snapshots)

Players online

302026-08-12 01:00 — 0 players2026-08-12 16:00 — 0 players2026-08-13 08:00 — 1 players2026-08-14 00:00 — 0 players2026-08-14 16:00 — 3 players2026-08-15 08:00 — 0 players2026-08-15 23:00 — 3 players2026-08-16 15:00 — 2 players2026-08-17 07:00 — 0 players2026-08-17 23:00 — 0 players2026-08-18 15:00 — 0 players2026-08-19 07:00 — 1 players2026-08-19 23:00 — 0 players2026-08-20 14:00 — 1 players2026-08-21 06:00 — 0 players2026-08-21 22:00 — 1 players2026-08-22 14:00 — 2 players2026-08-23 05:00 — 1 players2026-08-23 21:00 — 0 players2026-08-24 13:00 — 0 players2026-08-25 05:00 — 0 players2026-08-25 21:00 — 0 players2026-08-26 13:00 — 1 players2026-08-27 06:00 — 0 players2026-08-27 22:00 — 0 players2026-08-28 14:00 — 0 players2026-08-29 03:00 — 0 players2026-08-29 19:00 — 0 players2026-08-30 11:00 — 1 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$14.99$0.992016-03-082026-07-272016-03-08 — best price $14.992016-12-22 — best price $8.992017-06-22 — best price $7.492017-12-04 — best price $5.242018-05-10 — best price $3.742018-11-28 — best price $14.992019-06-17 — best price $9.992019-12-02 — best price $2.492020-03-17 — best price $9.992020-06-01 — best price $8.892020-06-26 — best price $7.342020-07-29 — best price $8.892020-08-25 — best price $9.992020-09-27 — best price $9.992020-10-23 — best price $8.892020-11-13 — best price $8.892020-12-13 — best price $8.892021-01-15 — best price $9.992021-02-05 — best price $7.342021-03-05 — best price $8.892021-03-28 — best price $9.992021-04-19 — best price $8.892021-06-10 — best price $8.892021-10-02 — best price $9.992021-12-22 — best price $1.992022-05-16 — best price $9.992022-09-17 — best price $8.892023-04-03 — best price $9.992023-08-16 — best price $7.342024-01-15 — best price $9.992024-11-27 — best price $0.992025-05-29 — best price $7.342025-10-13 — best price $1.992026-04-20 — best price $9.992026-07-27 — best price $9.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

20
achievements tracked
51.2%
earned "DUN-DUN-DUN-DUNNNNNN"
17.9%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSLinuxSingle-playerSteam AchievementsSteam Trading CardsFamily Sharing1 DLC

4 supported languages: English, French, German, Spanish - Spain

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)1,44138%20

Players tracked by Exophase (achievement/trophy trackers) — a sample of the player base, not total sales.

Player tags

2DFunnyIndieRetroComedyLinearPuzzleCartoonyAdventureHand-drawn

Census log

Computed from census-recorded observations only — dates are observation dates.

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Similarity via IGDB.

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